1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Tommy Stathes has been drawn to classic animation for as long as he can remember.&amp;nbsp;Really&amp;nbsp;classic, as in pre-Disney, pre-sound,&amp;nbsp;even... As a child, he regularly scoured local stores in search of obscure animation treasures on VHS. You've seen them - those poorly produced, haphazardly programmed, cheaply packaged cassettes that fill pharmacy bargain bins. Young Tommy saw something through the grain and blur of these shoddy releases - he saw history, and a unique aesthetic that has never been, and never can be, truly recreated. Tommy's childhood love of vintage film has led him to become one of the world's&amp;nbsp; foremost animation archivists, with a personal library of thousands of original reels dating back nearly a century. &amp;nbsp; In this interview, we discuss his collection, his restoration efforts, and his new Blu-Ray release,&amp;nbsp;Cartoon Roots (available at Amazon). We also discuss: the earliest days of animation history how he obtained 16mm and 35mm copies of these obscure films the nature and legal status of &quot;orphaned films&quot; digitizing and restoring vintage reels prepping the Blu-Ray self-distributing advantages of selling niche-interest material on Amazon &amp;nbsp; Anywhere But Hollywood: Working in Film, Living in the World | Filmmaking,Crowdfunding,Animation,Screenwriting http://anywherebuthollywood.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3419853/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/3419853